Since Squadron began his push to rename the park, he has been joined by Assemblyman Charles Lavine, who introduced
a bill in the state assembly, and by New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who circulated a petition to rename the park after folk singer Pete Seeger.
he was the only democratic lawmaker whom after Sheldon silver passed
a bill in the state Assembly had enough clout with the republican state Senators to have the bill killed.
A similar
bill in the State Assembly seemed poised to follow until, later on Tuesday, the speakers of the Assembly and the City Council agreed to delay enacting the bag fee while city officials amended the city's bill to the Assembly's liking.
The bill is named after Alice Ross of Queens, who died in a staged accident in 2003; Assemblyman David Weprin of Queens sponsors
the bill in the state assembly.
Ball said, «There are literally
bills in the State Assembly that direct the state police to go the homes of law - abiding gun owners now, to take, to make illegal the firearms that they have now, to turn those law - abiding gun owners into criminals.
The companion
bill in the State Assembly is A9904.
State Senator Greg Ball has been pushing a Senate bill to restrict access to permit information and there is a similar
bill in the state Assembly.
Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, who represents Sunset Park and Red Hook, introduced
a bill in the state Assembly last week that would ban pedestrians from using electronic devices while crossing intersections in an effort to drive down injuries.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, a
state - level bill that would put shared electric scooters in the same regulatory category as shared electric bikes has been introduced in the California State Asse
state - level
bill that would put shared electric scooters
in the same regulatory category as shared electric bikes has been introduced
in the California
State Asse
State Assembly.
As set forth above, as opposed to the stringent regulations
in other
states such as New York, and the
bill proposed
in the
Assembly last year, which appear to deter companies from spending the time and money to pursue cutting - edge ideas, the Act appropriately balances the need for consumer protection with the desire to allow businesses to innovate.
If the Illinois General
Assembly would simply restrict the growth of
state spending to 2.89 percent (the average annual growth
in Illinois» gross domestic product per capita since 2000), Illinois would be on its way to paying off its backlog of
bills and eventually repealing the income tax hike.
A
bill unanimously passed by the
state Senate, now pending
in the
Assembly, would change the law to make such efforts easier.
Assembly Bill 97 of 25 July 2008 amends California's Health and Safety Code to require all food facilities (restaurants)
in the
state, with the exception of public school cafeterias, to cease using artificial trans fats by January 2011.
RACHEL JACKSON: Yes, actually I found out about the federal
bill and they knew about Mikael's
bill on the
assembly floor and so I drafted a mirror
bill and gave it to senator Kennedy, New York
State Senator Kennedy and he really ran with it and introduced it to the senate and so together where Tim and Kennedy have been working with him to get approval for that, so I was lobbying
in Albany and that's where I got to meet Mikael and spoke with a lot of the
assembly members, a lot of the senators and there was real overwhelming support for it.
Frankly, I think the
State Senate Majority is
in over its head but the
Assembly only passed this
bill by four votes.
Gottfried says the
Assembly bill would be far tougher than those that have already been passed
in 14 other
states, putting medical marijuana
in the same regulatory category as morphine and codeine.
In an interview with NY1's Erin Billups earlier today, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the charter schools legislation passed by his house in the wee hours of the morning a «good bill» that will enable the state to make a strong application for Round II of «Race to the Top» funding by June
In an interview with NY1's Erin Billups earlier today,
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the charter schools legislation passed by his house
in the wee hours of the morning a «good bill» that will enable the state to make a strong application for Round II of «Race to the Top» funding by June
in the wee hours of the morning a «good
bill» that will enable the
state to make a strong application for Round II of «Race to the Top» funding by June 1.
Democrat Jen Lunsford
in a statement pointed to the measures backed by the Democratic - led
Assembly that, among other things, banned bump stock devices from being possessed
in the
state and a
bill that would make it easier for those deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others to lose their firearm through a court order.
Yes, and if the
Assembly tax cut
bill had been included
in the
state budget middle class and low income folks would have received more relief.
The
bill was first announced Thursday
in the
Assembly, with Democrats backing legislation that would replace
state - created or written examinations with alternative assessments for school districts that do not use
state tests, with regulations set by the
state Education Department.
The
state senate has already passed a
bill allowing MMA, but the
bill died
in the
Assembly.
Both Cuomo and the Democratic conference
in the
Assembly back an extension of mayoral control for Mayor
Bill de Blasio
in the
state budget.
If the
Assembly passes the
bill today — and it appears that it will at this point — New York would be the first
state to enact a new gun control law
in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children.
In a news release the National Employment Law Project refers to
state proposal to increase the minimum wage to $ 8.50 and then tie future increases to the rate of inflation a «more modest proposal» — which is probably news to
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the main backer of the
bill since January.
Between January and July of this year, 998
bills were passed
in the Democrat - controlled
state Assembly, while the GOP - led Senate approved 1,896.
The Democratic - led
Assembly over the next two days will take up a package of a dozen
bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system
in the
state.
Thus after repeated entireties by your elected Governor to both the
Assembly and the Legislature, to take up action and to pass my Anti-Corruption
Bill, I was ignored this past Legislative session and now deem it
in the essential interest of the people of New York to accomplish the goals of my Anti-Corruption Campaign via other means, a «Mooreland Commission» composed of the best legal minds
in the
State of New York.
As New Yorkers prepared to «spring ahead» this weekend, Assemblyman Angelo Morinello's
bill to end the
state's participation
in daylight savings time is slumbering
in an
Assembly committee for the past two years.
A version of the Senate's anti-sanctuary city
bill has already been approved last year, with votes from moderate mainline Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Todd Kaminsky, George Latimer, Kevin Parker and Tim Kennedy (Democrats from upstate and suburban districts
in the
Assembly opposed the sanctuary
state bill).
New York's latest online poker
bill breezed through a
state Senate committee vote on Tuesday but an uncertain future awaits
in the
state Assembly.
Assembly Bill Number 9236, entitled: «AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV membership
in the New York
state and local employees» retirement system to Brian Stebbins»
The voter access
bills moved through committee
in the
Assembly but are stalled
in the
state Senate.
The only exception was bootlicking former
State Assembly Candidate and GOP District Leader Anthony Nunziato, who is scared to death of Tom Ognibene and who once tried to stick me with the
bill for his $ 45 T - bone and Ceasar salad at Uncle Jack's Steakhouse
in Bayside.
The law — a version of which was sponsored by Sen. David Valesky, D - Oneida,
in the
state Senate, and an identical
bill, written by Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte, D - Lewiston,
in the
Assembly — would allow the
state Department of Environmental Conservation to create standards for a legalized crossbow hunting season, as well as allowing the use of one on private property during any deer hunting season.
Ryan says there's a companion
bill in the
state senate to go with his
in the
assembly, so he's confident the Act will pass during this legislative session.
Assembly Bill 8717 proposes to make it illegal to possess, manufacture, transport or sell bump stocks
in New York
State.
The
Assembly bill, which does not have a sponsor
in the
state Senate, is sponsored by
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) with eight Queens
Assembly members signing on to the
bill: Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village), Michael DenDekker (D - Jackson Heights), Phil Goldfeder (D - Ozone Park), Rory Lancman (D - Fresh Meadows), Marge Markey (D - Maspeth), Grace Meng (D - Flushing), Mike Miller (D - Woodhaven) and Francisco Moya (D - Jackson Heights).
Both appropriations were included
in the Capital Projects
bill introduced shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday and expected to be taken up before day's end
in the
state Assembly.
Kavanagh joined Senator Daniel Squadron, as well as many of their
Assembly and Senate colleagues and New York's major good government advocates, to urge the Senate Republican Majority to bring Kavanagh's and Squadron's
bill closing the LLC Loophole
in the
state's campaign finance laws.
In March ’17 we launched our Money Talks campaign, aimed at the NYS budget, to educate the public about the issues at stake in the budget negotiations and bringing attention to the progressive bills passed in the NYS Assembly that were either defeated or never brought to a vote in the State Senat
In March ’17 we launched our Money Talks campaign, aimed at the NYS budget, to educate the public about the issues at stake
in the budget negotiations and bringing attention to the progressive bills passed in the NYS Assembly that were either defeated or never brought to a vote in the State Senat
in the budget negotiations and bringing attention to the progressive
bills passed
in the NYS Assembly that were either defeated or never brought to a vote in the State Senat
in the NYS
Assembly that were either defeated or never brought to a vote
in the State Senat
in the
State Senate.
But the
state Assembly has not included similar funding
in its budget
bills, and the owner of the FitzPatrick plant has not promised it will keep the facility operating even if the aid is approved.
In advance of Memorial Day, New York State Senator Bill Larkin (R,C - Cornwall - on - Hudson), a World War II and Korean War combat veteran, and Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today introduced new legislation to create the G.I.V.E. Back NY program (Giving Internships for disabled Veterans not fully Employed) to enable disabled veterans to participate in the Assembly and Senate's annual legislative internship progra
In advance of Memorial Day, New York
State Senator
Bill Larkin (R,C - Cornwall - on - Hudson), a World War II and Korean War combat veteran, and Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today introduced new legislation to create the G.I.V.E. Back NY program (Giving Internships for disabled Veterans not fully Employed) to enable disabled veterans to participate
in the Assembly and Senate's annual legislative internship progra
in the
Assembly and Senate's annual legislative internship program.
On Veterans Day, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) and New York
State Senator Bill Larkin (R,C - Cornwall - on - Hudson), a World War II and Korean War combat veteran, today called on the state Legislature to create the G.I.V.E. Back NY program (Giving Internships for disabled Veterans not fully Employed) to enable disabled veterans to participate in the Assembly and Senate's annual legislative internship pro
State Senator
Bill Larkin (R,C - Cornwall - on - Hudson), a World War II and Korean War combat veteran, today called on the
state Legislature to create the G.I.V.E. Back NY program (Giving Internships for disabled Veterans not fully Employed) to enable disabled veterans to participate in the Assembly and Senate's annual legislative internship pro
state Legislature to create the G.I.V.E. Back NY program (Giving Internships for disabled Veterans not fully Employed) to enable disabled veterans to participate
in the
Assembly and Senate's annual legislative internship program.
The
state assembly has passed the
bill twice and it is one vote short of passage
in the
state senate.
The
bill, which is an amendment to the
state's constitution, requires that the Governor's «message shall be delivered orally
in the
Assembly Chamber, during the first week of legislative session, with a quorum of the
Assembly and a quorum of the Senate present.»
This
bill has been stalled
in our NY
State Senate's Health Committee, where the members of the committee refuse to bring it to the floor for a vote, even after our
Assembly has approved it.
Bills to ensure school districts do not lose money have been introduced
in the
state Senate and
Assembly, but they did not get out of committees last year.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo,
state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio and
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie all attended a rally
in NYC where they pledged to do everything possible — even sue — to stop the measure from becoming law.
Referencing Russian interference
in the 2016 elections, Cuomo and
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie teamed up to call for passage of a
state bill that would require social media companies
in New York to disclose who paid for online political ads.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he would review a
bill that would prohibit New York
state and local police from participating
in immigration enforcement efforts with federal law enforcement, a measure that passed the Democratic - led
Assembly this week.